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Old January 26th, 2007
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I have a p550 (e-server) with a dual port NIC. Is it possible to assign that NIC to a vio server, run network drops (to the same vlan) from each port, then trunk these two together to get a combined 2GB network pipe that I can then virtualize?

I see a number of potential problems with this, but it does seem like it can be done. I am just not certain how to do it.

Thanks in advance for any insights!
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Never done it myself, however.

In my mind it'd be to create a load balancing etherchannel on the VIO.
Share that device to the LPARs.

Problem I could see is the switch getting confused with packets coming on different ports if unlucky, thus blocking the port thinking it's weird. More a switch-configuration issue however.
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see vios command ref : mklnagg
you can then build the sea on the new link aggregation adapter
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Hi,

You just need to create an etherchannel on the switch consisting of the 2 ports.

What vendor/model of switch do you have ?

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